🐦European Herring Gull
La gaviota plateada o gaviota argéntea (Larus argentatus) es una especie de ave Charadriiforme de la familia Laridae. Es un ave ruidosa y oportunista, y una de las gaviotas más extendidas y adaptables del hemisferio norte. Se alimentan en cultivos y alrededor de los depósitos de basura, así como en la playa y con frecuencia sigue a los barcos pesqueros esperando que lancen cualquier resto por la borda. Estas gaviotas crían en grupos y construyen sus nidos con algas y otras plantas. Suelen anidar en el suelo, pero en algunas ciudades costeras hacen sus nidos en los tejados. Si sienten una amenaza cerca de sus huevos o polluelos, los padres forman círculos por encima de ellos, emitiendo un chillido agudo y ensordecedor. Miden hasta 60 cm de largo.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 1.09 kg
- Body length
- 0.66 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 49 years
Everything we know about the European Herring Gull
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.09 kgrecord 1.14 kg · SeaLifeBaseAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 1.09 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.66 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tail length0.17 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Wing length0.43 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.07 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.06 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan49 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation26 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Litter sizeabout 3AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatCoastalAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleGeneralistAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for European Herring Gull yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderCharadriiformes
- ›familyLaridae
- ›genusLarus
- ›speciesLarus argentatus
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
All 9 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
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